
Pasák
General Characteristics
County (administration): 
Olomoucký kraj
District (town): 
Šumperk
Village: 
Branná
Cadastre: 
Branná u Šumperka
Map sheets: 
14-24 Bělá pod Pradědem, 14-241 Branná
Accessibility: 
access without footpath
 ID: 
833
Geology
Short characteristics of the site: 
Rocky cliffs and isolated outcprops of calcitic paraamfibolite of the Keprník Dome. This rock is banded and contains 30 - 40 per cent of calcite. Interesting Pleistocene frost weathering phenomena.
Regional geologic unit: 
Bohemian Massif > Moravosilesian region > Silezicum
Stratigraphy: 
Devonian
Subject: 
geomorphology, petrology, structural geology, geology
Geological phenomenon: 
frost cliff, natural window, karren, mushroom rock, rock pillar
Genesis: 
weathering , frost weathering
Rock: 
amphibolite
Territorial protection
Level of protection: 
Nature monument in Protected landscape area 
Part of LEPA (Large-size especially protected areas): 
Jeseníky
Additional information: 
See the Digital register of the Agency for Nature Conservation and Landscape Protection of the Czech Republic AOPK ČR, code 944 (Pasák)
Conflicts of interests: 
sports, tourism
References
- Gába, Z. (1974): Pasák u Branné. - Severní Morava, 27, 62. Šumperk.
 - Gába, Z. (1982): Pasák. Geologický posudek k vyhlášení CHPV . - MS Rezervační kniha CHKO Jeseníky, Malá Morávka.
 - Maděra, E. (1972): Málo známé krasové jevy na šumperském okrese. - Severní Morava, 23, 62-64. Šumperk.
 - Vítek, J. (1988): Chráněný Pasák. - Nová Svoboda z 8. srpna 1988.
 
Elaboration and Updating
Elaborated by: 
Jaroslav Aichler, 20.11.1993
Updated by: 
Pecina Vratislav, 02.06.2011, Vajskebrová Markéta, 17.04.2019
Citation
The database Important geological localities of the Czech Republic: 833 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-06-16]. Available from: https:// lokality.geology.cz/833.
Location in map:
Assessment
Scientifical assesment: 
medium
Educational assesment: 
middle
Significance: 
supraregional 
Representativeness: 
major
Geological importance: 
geo-regional value (mapping), geoturistic value
Locality conditions: 
no problems
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